CLASS NOTES
the taxation of financial products. DAVID A. REED and his wife, Sara, welcomed a daughter, Anne Moseley Reed, on Feb. 4, 2015. The Reeds live in Atlanta, where David is a patent attorney with Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton. Annie traveled with her parents to visit family in northern Tuscany in October on her first overseas trip. LARS RUEVE LL.M.
was named European counsel of Sullivan & Cromwell. He joined the firm’s New York office in 2006 and transferred to Frankfurt in 2008. His practice focuses on equity capital market and M&A transactions. JAMES E. TYSSE was named partner with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Supreme Court and appellate practice with a focus on handling complex matters, including developing strategy and authoring briefs, both on appeal and in high-stakes trial litigation. Tysse has prepared more than 50 briefs in cases at every appellate level, with more than 25 at the merits and certiorari stages at the Supreme Court.
2007
J. AUSTIN CURRY is
REBECCA CLIFFORD CARSON was elected
partner with Irell & Manella in Newport Beach, Calif. She is a member with the litigation and intellectual property practices and handles a range of commercial litigation matters, with particular focus on complex intellectual property and general business disputes.
listed as a rising star for 2016 in Texas Super Lawyers. He is a principal at Caldwell Cassady & Curry in Dallas, where he focuses his practice on patent infringement disputes.
P. NICHOLAS PETERSON was promoted to of counsel with Wiley Rein in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the white-collar defense and government investigations practice and represents clients from various industries in litigation, transactional and regulatory matters.
ELLIOTT KLASS is a vice president and in-house counsel with Amur Capital Management, a diversified investment company with a focus on aviation headquartered in White Plains, N.Y. He was previously with Vedder Price.
zine in legislative/ regulatory/administrative law. REBEKAH SHAPIRO
has been commissioned as a member of the board of her secondary school, Alma Heights Christian Schools, in Pacifica, Calif. Shapiro is an associate in the insurance defense practice group with Selman Breitman in San Francisco. She and her husband reside in Redwood City.
PRESTON LLOYD was
ADAM L. FOTIADES
LAUREN E. CATOE was elected shareholder with Carlton Fields Jorden Burt in Tampa, Fla., where she is a member of the construction, development, and real estate and commercial finance practice and industry groups. She concentrates her practice on advising clients on the planning and development of large-scale, complex construction projects, with primary focus on contract preparation, review and negotiation.
clients on retirement plans, executive compensation arrangements, and compliance with ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code. Clark also provides employee benefit advice in corporate transactions.
has been named partner with Zuckerman Spaeder in Washington, D.C., where he represents companies and individuals in complex civil litigation and white-collar criminal defense. CHRISTOPHER LYNCH
was promoted to counsel in the litigation department at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City. He represents clients in antitrust, telecommunications, securities and general litigation matters, and advises and represents clients in merger investigations by antitrust and competition authorities.
ADAM C. WOLK was named a partner at Mayer Brown in New York City. He practices banking and finance law, representing banks and other financial institutions as well as borrowers and sponsors in connection with a wide variety of leveraged finance and other lending transactions. Wolk lives on the Upper West Side with his wife, Brita, and their son, Barry, 2, who’s looking forward to welcoming a new baby brother in May.
2008 BRENNA M. CLARK
was elected counsel with Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in Atlanta. She focuses her practice on employee benefits matters, advising
named among the top 40 under 40 in 2015 by Style Weekly. He is a partner with Williams Mullen in Richmond, Va., where he focuses his practice on land use and real estate law. He works with elected officials on projects that help improve communities and the way residents feel about them, and he was instrumental in founding United Way’s Young Leaders Society, which recruits young people to get involved in philanthropy.
SARA E. STINNETT
was promoted to partner with Jackson Walker in Austin, Texas. She is a member of the investment funds practice group, where she focuses on representing institutions with investments in private equity funds and other investments.
2009 BRADLEY T. GIORDANO was
elected partner with Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice on corporate restructurings. ALEXANDER S.
EDWARD A. MULLEN
was promoted to partner in the global regulatory enforcement group with Reed Smith in Richmond, Va. He was listed among the legal elite in 2015 in Virginia Business maga-
HOLTAN was elected
counsel with Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in Washington, D.C., where he advises energy clients regarding investment and trading in commodity derivatives, compliance with se-
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